Algeria: Company Profile of SONELGAZ
SONELGAZ

SONELGAZ

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SONELGAZ

20 Years of Electrification

A know how at the service of social and economical development of the rural world.

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN ALGERIA

NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME

We supply all the Algerian households with electricity.
Financed by the state, this programme aimed at improving life conditions of the rural populations, all along with insuring a harmony with the rural areas.

SONELGAZ WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PROJECT

Indeed, after an assessment made according to a general census, SONELGAZ has developed important means of studies and construction for the achievement of the project.



SONELGAZ
has contributed to the settlement of industrial strategy for the local manufacturing of the means of electrical equipment such as (transformers, wires, etc.) which are necessary to the construction of distribution networks.

IMPACTS
In addition to the permanent access to electricity for domestic use, electrification has allowed:

Reduction of drift from the land by helping population fixing;
Exploitation of agricultural lands by water pumping;
Development of services as well as smell crafts;

The experience developed and earned during these 20 years of rural electrification, have given SONELGAZ an important know how in the domain of studies, programming and electric works realisation.
SONELGAZ employs a qualified staff of engineering and projects conduction.

MEANS OF REALISATION

SONELGAZhas very qualified partners in the construction of distribution facilities.

Consequently, different structures were developed for the purposes of electrification:

35 local public companies;
1 national public company;
Several small private companies.
The annual capacity of construction is of 8000 km.
The majority of electrical equipment for distribution network is manufactured in Algeria, among which:
1 manufacture of transformers MV / LV of 5000 units/year;
1 manufacture of prefabricated stations MV / LV which capacity is 15.000 cells/year;
2 wires manufactures which capacity is 60.000 tonnes/year;
1 manufacture of meters, circuit breakers for LV consumers and other products, which capacity is of 200.000 units/year;
8 units for the manufacturing of metal supports and poles, which capacity is of 140.000 units/year;
3 units of manufacturing concrete poles which capacity is of 45.000 units/year.

RESULTS In 20 years:

SONELGAZ has constructed, in the framework of the National Programme of Electrification, more than 95.200 km of MV / LV networks, and 19.000 MV / LV sub stations, in order to supply 1.250.000 households grouped in 13.662 villages.

In this manner, more than the third (1/3) of the actual Algerian population has access to electricity.

ELECTRIFICATION RATE HAS GONE FROM 57% IN 1977 TO 96% AT THE END 1996

EVOLUTION'S FIGURES

YEARS
NETWORK LENTGH
(in km)
1977
1981
1985
1989
1993
1996
0
220
610
900
1100
1220



YEARS
NATIONAL ELECTRICATION RATE
1977
1981
1985
1989
1993
1996
55
59
76
84
89
93



YEARS
CUSTOMERS NUMBER
1977
1981
1985
1989
1993
1996
0
10000
30000
60000
80000
95000


Resources



During more than thirty years, we have been promoting natural gas consumption.

Algeria possesses a huge reserve of natural gas with 3 300 billion m².

This reserve is located in the gas field of Hassi R'Mel which conceals three quaters of the national reserves.

Algeria's energetic model promotes the development of natural gas consumption on the national territory. Indeed this consumption represents 40 % of the national one.

In order to supply the internal industrial and domestic markets the needed quantities from Sonatrach's pipelines. During 30 years, public gas distribution has developed as to benefit national economy and to be accessible for the citizens at reasonable prices. Sonelgaz increases its actions in order to promote natural gas consumption and use.

The most important of these important of these actions was the conversion of domestic and industrial equipment as to cope with natural gas.

It has also succeeded to achieve internal installations and to work and to work on different networks in less than six years. Consequently, more than 170 000 customers use natural gas.

Apresence

Our mission deliver gas to our customers. Thus, a huge gas transportation network under our exploitation; because satisfying our customers means doing our best.

Today, Sonelgaz operates:

4 250 km of conveyance pipeworks;
13 500 km of distribution networks in order to supply about 1 200 000 domestic customers and nearly 200 industrial customers who are spread out over more than 190 agglomerations. In 1996, Sonelgaz has been delivering 10 billions m3 of gas as follows:

- 59 % to power plants ;
- 23 % to public distribution ;
- 18 % to industrial customers.

A National Gas Plan stretching from 1995 to 1999 expects the supplying of about 140 agglomerations with NG and LPG.

In order to meet customers demands, Sonelgaz has engaged into many development actions such as: pressures and equipment standardisation, installation of electronic meters, chromatographs and teleindication of strategic stations.

National organisation: 9 Zones - 47 Centers - 300 Agencis



Anexperience.

For we have acquired the mastery of our services reflects the image of excellence.

Sonelgaz possesses nearly one century of experience in the domain of natural gas. This experience is seen in several domains such as engineering mastery of words, maintenance and operation, conversion and training.

Our main fields are:

Networds engineering
Technico-economical studies as far as the calculation of works' dimensions are concerned.
Elaboration of technical specifications and realisation plans.
Layouts studies.
Cathodic protection.
Technical choices, different equipment and accessories.

Mastery of works.
Elaboration of requirements.
Supervision and following up of realisation and the bringing into service.

Training.
Sonelgaz trains, in its different schools, technicians in the domain of gas and especially in those specialities:

Operating;
Regulation;
Counting;
Catholic protection;
Intervening and general maintaining;
Safety.

Conversion.
Sonelgaz was in charge of all the operations concerning the conversion to natural gas:

Domestic appliances (heating, cooking…);
Industrial equipment (furnaces, boilers…).

Tariffing.
Tariff studies.
Economical costs analyses.

Operating
Networks management.
Customer management.
Networks maintenance.